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'The goal of any program must
be to improve their chances of fulfilling their true potential. We believe
that improving their lives will improve the lives of all of us at the family,
academic and community level. As the argument ‘Nature vs. Nurture’ continues
we hold with the inevitable truth that it is a little of both.'
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'The
Desorgher Method is a
holistic approach to bringing about emotional, spiritual, mental and physical
well-being in people suffering under the condition of autism. It grew out of
the Professional Parenting model known as ‘the Magic of the Family’, and has
been most successfully used for those exhibiting the stresses and conflicts
of adapting to a world where their condition is poorly understood and their
survival has depended on developing coping strategies which have come to be
labelled as ‘problem behaviors’. It can be adapted for uses in many settings
and for a wide range of problems and age groups, wherever struggle and
survival strategies are standing in the way of relationship, growth,
fulfilment, health and happiness.'
'Model
of Excellence' Community models
It is clear
that present practices are failing to address the consistent pattern of
family crisis and breakdown that inevitably leads to institutionalization and
an enormous burden on the community. We have also seen how, with adequate and
co-ordinated support, education and services at a local level, including
proper respite services, foster-care programs, a range of therapeutic and
vocational training programs, an autism-aware medical community and properly
funded and organised family support networks, these crises can be averted,
families can stay together, and integration into the mainstream of community
life becomes more likely.
'The
communities we envision include centers offering short- and medium-term therapeutic
transition programs. The aim is not to remove the children from home and put
them in boarding schools, but to provide a release from the environments of
school and home that are leading to frustration and anger. The release can be
for a few days to a few months, but the goal is to transition into a new
situation where the child is on the way to becoming a young adult, with some
independence, experience of the world, emotional maturity, better social
skills and awareness of self. The centers would offer dietary, behavioral and
educational programs, practical skills development, social skills training,
crafts, outward-bound expeditions, sports and leisure activities.'
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Autism: Dietary Treatment Options
by Max and Sandra Desorgher
From: Positive Health magazine, October 2000
extract: 'At the time when autism was first
described by Dr Leo Kanner and thus given an identity, there was little
debate as to the field of medicine which would be called upon to develop
expertise and treatments for this 'rare psychological condition'. Under the
psychological paradigm, advances have not been forthcoming. Physicians,
researchers and specialists, often driven by personal agendas, have sometimes
made ‘findings’ which are called ‘pieces of the puzzle’ by the autism
community. These pieces do not always seem to fit together or even belong to
the same puzzle. In our theory, a single cause, these pieces do fit together.
In our theory autism is not a psychological condition – it is a
neuro-gastro-immunological disorder resulting from an immunogenetic error
during fetal development. At the time when the immune system is developing,
the first immune cells must select a non-self substance which has crossed the
placental barrier and react to this non-self substance in order for the
immune system to proliferate. In the developing fetus there is no apparent
function for a substance called lutein, a pigment which is used by the human
at birth to protect the eyes from ultraviolet light. The immune system is
developing just after neural tube closure which has been the time of
reference given by some research that corresponds to brain imaging
differences that are identified in autists. However, the slightly earlier
‘neural tube closure’ time frame would likely correlate to a population with
co-occurring spina bifida – no such correlation exists. An immune system
which identifies lutein as the non-self substance would result in a
correlation to Retinopathy of Prematurity - this correlation does exist. An
immune system reaction of this type would result in a correlation to a
disturbance in pterin metabolism - this correlation does exist, and it would
result in a correlation to mitochondrial disturbance and again this
correlation does exist.'
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Autism - the Vaccine Connection (pdf)
Describes in detail how vaccination
altered human immunity, and the consequences for all our lives. As this
altered immunity is passed on, each generation makes new immunogenetic
adaptations in an attempt to protect the developing fetus and which can be
seen in the host of new immunological disorders emerging in each new
generation. One of these adaptations is called autism.
Excerpt
from 'The Vaccine Guide: Risks and Benefits for Children and Adults'
by
Randall Neustaedter OMD, LAc
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE
VACCINE COVER-UP
By Russell Blaylock, M.D.
The
Age of Autism `A pretty big secret`
Non-vaccinated children show lower rates of autism,
diabetes and asthma
Adverse_Reactions
to Vaccination - Personal_Stories
Personal stories of vaccine
injury and death
http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/vaccines_phillips_criminal.htm
Civil and criminal ramifications of vaccine
injuries
http://www.altheal.org/toxicity/house.htm
GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer,
Genentech, Chiron/Biocine test toxic AIDS drugs on children.
ADHD,
food dyes and other poisons
Out of control: AIDS and the corruption of medical
science by Celia Farber, Harper's Magazine, March 2006
"Africa, as the news media never tires of telling us, has become ground zero of the AIDS epidemic.
The clinical definition of AIDS in Africa, however, is stunningly broad and generic, and was seemingly designed
to be little other than a signal for funding. It is in no way comparable to Western definitions. The “Bangui
definition” of AIDS was established in the city of Bangui in the Central African Republic, at a conference
in 1985. The definition requires neither a positive HIV test nor a low T-cell count, as in the West, but
only the presence of chronic diarrhea, fever, significant weight loss, and asthenia, as well as other
minor symptoms. These happen to be the symptoms of chronic malnutrition, malaria, parasitic infections,
and other common African illnesses. (In 1994 the definition was updated to suggest the use of HIV tests,
but in practice they are prohibitively expensive.) Even when HIV tests are performed, many diseases that
are endemic to Africa, such as malaria and TB, are known to cause false positives. The statistical picture
of AIDS in Africa, consequently, is a communal projection based on very rough estimates of HIV positives,
culled from select and small samples, which are extrapolated across the continent using computer models
and highly questionable assumptions.
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The WCAP Childscreen Proposal (pdf)
World Community Autism Program was
founded in 2002 with the principal aim of redefining autism as a treatable
condition, and to develop the program that can bring about improvement and
recovery and allow these children to reach their full potential. We have
stated many times, that the biological markers that are consistent in this
population are measurable and it should be possible to develop a screening
program to identify autism as a biological condition, and armed with that
knowledge, to give parents the choice not to vaccinate, and to implement
dietary and other programs that are known to produce the best outcome for
these children. As well as biological markers, a family background of certain
‘autoimmune’ diseases, metabolic disorders and genetic and chromosomal
differences and early signs of feeding disorder, movement disorder, visual
disturbance should alert care-givers to a higher risk of the development of
autism and the need to screen.
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A Theoretical Model Proposed Regarding The Neuro-Gastro-Enterological Aetiology Of ADD & ADHD And
Related Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
'Epigenetics'
Means What We Eat, How We Live And Love, Alters How Our Genes Behave
These startling scientific discoveries illuminate the emerging field of
epigenetics, in which single nutrients, toxins, behaviors or environmental
exposures of any sort can silence or activate a gene without altering its
genetic code in any way.
from:Sciencedaily Website
Child medicine
additive concern
Medicines for babies and young children frequently contain additives banned from
foods and drinks aimed at under-threes, research shows.
from:BBC News Website
Early
fears about MMR in secret papers
Mark Watts reports on the potentially dangerous side-effects of the MMR
vaccine
fom:Daily Telegraph 05/03/2007
The
Girl With a Boy's Brain
Kiriana Cowansage can run complex neuroscience experiments and sketch beautiful
portraits. She melts at the sight of an animal, but she balks at the concept
of love. Such paradoxes define women with Asperger's syndrome.
from:Psychology Today
Portway-Johnson
- Asperger Syndrome and the Children who ‘Don’t Quite Fit In’ 2003
This paper discusses some of the early findings of current Ph.D. work
exploring the lives of young adults with Asperger Syndrome and their parents.
BBC NEWS
Science-Nature Autistic ability 'underestimated'
Giving autistic people the right stimulation can help draw out innate skills.
The Individual and Asperger's Syndrome
by A.J. Mahari
Dr. Len Horowitz Debunks Avian
Flu Hysteria Campaign
Knowing is
Beautiful by Liam Scheff
"As a journalist who writes about AIDS, I am endlessly amazed by the
difference between the public and the private face of HIV; between what the
public is told and what’s explained in the medical literature."
Girls
With Social Deficits and Learning Problems
Autism, Atypical Asperger Syndrome or a Variant of These Conditions
by Svenny Kopp and Christopher Gillberg
http://www.autismrecovery.com/index.html
'We
developed this web site to share our knowledge and experience of autism
recovery and to help and encourage others in the pursuit of rehabilitation.'
Michelle Cheney
http://www.taap.info/cytokine%20paper.pdf
Spontaneous Mucosal Lymphocyte Cytokine Profiles in Children with Autism and
Gastrointestinal Symptoms: Mucosal Immune Activation and Reduced Counter
Regulatory Interleukin-10
by PAUL ASHWOOD, ANDREW ANTHONY, FRANCO TORRENTE, and ANDREW J. WAKEFIELD
Journal of Clinical Immunology, Vol. 24, No. 6, November 2004
This study tested the
hypothesis that dysregulated intestinal mucosal immunity with enhanced
proinflammatory
cytokine production is present in ASD children.
http://www.altheal.org/toxicity/house.htm
In New York’s Washington Heights is a 4-story brick
building called Incarnation Children’s Center (ICC). This former
convent houses a revolving stable of children who’ve been removed from their
own homes by the Agency for Child Services. These children are black,
Hispanic and poor. Many of their mothers had a history of drug abuse and have
died. Once taken into ICC, the children become subjects of drug trials.
The
Dr. Rath Health Foundation - Responsibility for a healthy world
Good health is the fundamental right of all human
beings
ADHD
and food dyes
'When they reacted to the (food) dye, the younger children had constant
crying, tantrums, irritability, restlessness, severe sleep disturbance, and
were described as 'out-of-control, easily distracted and excited, and high as
a kite.'
http://www.cnsfoundation.org/newsletter/newsletter_02/newsletter_04.html
Albino zebrafish offer a model for some inherited
forms of mental retardation in humans, according to a team of geneticists
from Singapore. Aside from faulty pigmentation and impaired vision, the fish
also appear to lack an enzyme co-factor linked to severe damage of the
central nervous system, they report.
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